The Hawaiian gazette., 1887-10-25

work, book or picture back that belonged to
me on thaSoccasion; he never brought back
anything to the Dudoit house after the 25lh
April that belonged to me or my sister.
Mr. kinney read the deposition of Mrs
Hoyt
Dispositions taken in San Francisco were
offered by plaintiff relative to the personal
character of plaintiff.
Court heard argument of counsel.
Henry Hart sworn, and testified: | am &C.
quainted with the pleintiff in this suit; had
conversations with plaintiff; ong evening she
came In with gentleman and had ics cream;
the gentleman was Mr.. Copp; lady came
three or four weeks after that; congratu-
lated her on her engagement with Nr. Glib
son; she said, Don't YOU believe that, there
is nothing in that story" l said, am very
sorry, was in hopes | would have good
order for ice cream and cake.
Cross-examined by Mr.. hlnney-ThiS talk
took place sometime in May.
Which We're you thinking about, the wild
ow's affairs or the ice cream?
Oh! | was thinking about the ice cream; it
would have been u matter of 800 or $500.
Mrs. Dudoit; sworn-Do not remember u
visit of Mr.. Gibson mt my house on the 25th
| April; Mrs. ST. Clair and her sister removed
from my house on the Sd May; cannot re
! member by date the last time Mr.. Gibson
called on them before they left my house;
remember the occasion; ne called and asked
for Mrs. st. CLAIR aud her sister; do not re-
| member of ever congratulHting Mrs. st.
| Clair ON her engagement with Mr.. Gibson;
did not congratulate her or her sister on the
| event, did congratulate Mr.. Gibson.
CrosS-examned by Mr.. Kinney-Mrs. st.
Clair told me of the engagement; l did not
| congratulate her; did not expect that 1t would
! ever come 10 pass; did not concern myself
about the matter; mentioned the matter to
| Mr.. Lyon as joke; do not know that
| spoke to Mrs. Blackwell about It; | called
! Miss Waite an accommodating little sister
/ because she moved out of the way when MIR
| Gibson called; did not repeat any remark to
! Mrs. Blackwell or any one else; IT was not "a
matter of any consequence to me; every
| body was talking about II; never approached
| Mrs. Howard or her sister on the matter;
| only spoke to them when they introduced the
/ subject themselves; cannot remember of say
| ing anything TO Miss Waite further than the
/ remark about her being an accommodating
| sister; may may not have had converse
! tions with Mrs. Howard and MISS Waite; do
not remember a conversation with Mr.. Glib
son III reference to this suit.
kamiki, sworn-I am Il messenger in the !
Foreign Office; in November, December, Jan |
uary and February of this year, janitor |
and messenger in the Foreign Office; know
the plaintiff III the case; she used To come to |
the office with books; sometimes she went |
into the library and museums; sometimes |
into the Foreign Office; generally went into |
the clerks office; and II she wanted TO see |
MIR. Gibson, she went into his room; some |
times she would come ii there three or four |
times a week during the months named; |
never a week passed without her coming; |
sometimes her visits We're less frequent
Cross-examination by Mr.. Kiuney-Know |
Mrs. Beckley; have not charge of Mrs. Beck |
ley'S room; had no talk with Mrs. Beckley !
about the case; what use would it be for Mrs. |
Beckley to talk to me about what took place, |
as all that was said was in English; Mrs. st. |
l,..
year; do not mean by that that | did not
see her there before; WAS janitor there In |
July and Augult last year; do not remember |
remaining there during the day, did not See
her; sometimes | would be away, and after /
coming back, would see her coming out of |
the office; from December along to April /
this year, she came with books; sometime |
along about April, some book agents were
prosecuted for selling books without license; |
after that she did not come with books, but |
continued to come from time to time; the |
last time she came was in May; asked |
for Mr.. Gibson, did not know where he
was; l went into his Office to look for him;
found him there's told him white woman
wanted to see him; he said t. tell her he was
not there; l minated the best way could |
that he had gone down town; she vent into
the library and sat in front of the hallway
until about half-past eleven, when Mr.. Glib
son came out of his office; then she got up
and followed him along the hallway; do not
know whether she went down the stairs with
him or not; there were some visits In May
before this; how many do not know; her
visits were always in the forenoon; there was
no time when the whole week went by with
out her visiting; if | thought it was going TO
be of any Importance l would have kept
memorandum of these visits.
Mrs. Nakuina (nee Beckley) sworn: | was
librarian in tins Government building dur
ing the latter part of last year and the first
Of ln6v in fro
quently and inquire for MIR. Gibson; at first.
sue was a stranger, but after a while, l
knew her quite we'll; did not know her name
until | saw 1t IN the papers; her business
was to sell books; there were two came:
looked very much alike; WITNESS describes
Mrs. ST. Clair and her sister,; went away III
March returned in June; she used to en-
qUire for Mr.. Gibson; she would wait there
often until he would come; she told ME she
wanted to see MIR. Gibson on business; saw
Mrs. st. Clair and her sister pass into Mr..
GIbsOu'S room without calling at my room;
could not have visited less than two dozen
times; know nothing further about the rea
tiOuS between plaintiff and defendant; WAS
always assured that these were business
visits.
Cross examined by Kinney = Witness
named, in answer to q question, the clerk in
the Foreign office; ladies could get into MIR.
Gibson's office without passing through the
clerks office, especially when their visits
were expected.
Mrs. ST. Clair and her sister were brought
into Court and identified by witness. Mrs.
st. Clair called at my room two dozen times
between December and May.
Mr.. Neumann-Did this lady ever speak to
You about buying books for the library?
No.
Do YOU buy books for the library?
Sometimes, but 1 never bought any from
them.
Cross-aya n,inatiou continuas-Mr Gibson
was sick part of the time between December
and May: during this period there would be
intervals during which the ladies did not
Call.
Ed. Stiles, called by plaintiffs counsel,
sworn-I am a copyist IN the Foreign Office;
have been there since 1884; my hours are
from to u and from l to O'clock; saw
Mrs. ST. Clair three or four times 10 there.
Cross-examined by Neumanu-Have seen
plaintiff in the ha lWay passing out of Mr..
Gibson's office some half dozen times.
hinney-Did you have conversation with
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